As another year wraps, I decided to look back at some cases KOC was tracking that ended this year–at least at the trial phase. I’m also looking ahead to trials that should take place in 2018. In July, on the eve of trial, Angelika Graswald, charged with...

Here’s an update on five of the cases KOC is following. Have a safe and Happy Thanksgiving! New York v. Pedro Hernandez/Etan Patz Trial The retrial of Pedro Hernandez continues. Hernandez is accused of murdering 6-year-old Etan Patz in lower Manhattan on May 25,...

Angelika Graswald, accused of the drowning death of her fiance Vincent Viafore on April 19, 2015, was back in court yesterday. The judge was expected to rule on whether a jury will see her 11-hour interrogation by police 10 days after Viafore died. The judge, however,...

Mark Sievers lost his parental rights to his two daughters at a hearing a few weeks ago. Custody was awarded to the girls’ maternal grandmother, Mary Ann Groves, who moved from Connecticut to Florida after her daughter Teresa’s brutal murder in late June...

Here’s a roundup of updates to cases we’re following and more: The next Baltimore Cop trial began today, this one before a judge only. Officer Edward Nero waived his right to a jury. He’s charged with four misdemeanors (though one carries a sentence...

Mark Sievers, 48, entered a written not guilty plea this week to the murder of his wife, Teresa, who was found bludgeoned to death in their Bonita Springs, Florida home on June 29, 2015. His arraignment had been scheduled for next Monday. Sievers was first charged...